5 Book Activities to do with Children
5 Book Activities to do with Children
By Mirley R. Graf
Attaching a fun activity to a book is a great way to make concepts come to life and easier for children to understand. There are many types of activities that can be attached to a book. Each activity has it’s own objective and skill that a child is developing with it.
Below are five different activities that you can do with that accompany a book.
Story Art: Story art is one of the most simple ways to bring a story to life. The skills that kids are developing creativity and visualization. You can draw one of the characters of the book or one of the scenes of the book.
Scavenger Hunts: Scavenger hunts are a great way to get kids excited about more than reading. Scavenger hunts are great for any book including alphabet books. This is a great way for kids to see, touch, smell, sound, and in some cases taste.
Write a book: Writing a book after reading books is a great way for kids to develop their own imagination and put it into writing. It’s okay if the story sounds like the one they read. That’s is where we all start. They can even write a similar book but with a different ending.
Draw a map: This activity is especially fun to pair up with pirate books. I used to love to draw maps and find treasure. When kids draw maps, they’re learning north, south, east, and west as well as following maps.
Create a play: Plays are a fun way to bring stories to life. Siblings can be different characters of the stories and acting out a story develops confidence and is even relaxing.
Tying activities to books makes reading so much more fun. Activities bring stories to life and give them more significance than just reading them. These activities also promote bonding between parents and their children.
I hope you find these activities helpful and I can’t wait to hear which activity you decide to do with your children.
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